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| No. 5 — DUET (LADY BUSHEY & MR. JERICHO ) |
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| LADY BUSHEY. |
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There came to maiden innocence, |
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At Barton on the Humber, |
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Two suitors who for reference |
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As One and Two I'll number. |
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And Number One could softly woo |
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Till life seem'd milk and honey, |
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But dear papa owed Number Two |
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A large amount of money! |
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And so I married Number Two, |
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Though he a perfect guy was, |
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A veteran of Waterloo, a veteran of Waterloo, |
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And twice as old as I was,
And twice as old as I was! |
| JERICHO. |
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When Number Two bore off his bride |
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With wedding dress of white on, |
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At first I thought of suicide, |
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Then change of air at Brighton; |
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But all of the hopes of yesterday |
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Return with force provoking, |
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Now Number Two is tuck'd away |
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At Kensal Green or Woking; |
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So come and marry Number One |
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Whose honest heart your shrine is, |
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There seldom lives through rain and sun |
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A love as true as mine is. |
| BOTH. |
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How strange when parted lovers meet |
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In such a case as this is, |
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And oh, how weird and wildly sweet,
And oh, how weird and wildly sweet |
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A middle aged kiss is,
A middle aged kiss is! |
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